Virginia Tech and Nike unveil new high-tech football jerseys for the upcoming Maryland game

November 10, 2:01 PMVirginia Tech Hokies ExaminerGary Cope

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Virginia Tech senior linebacker Cody Grimm models the new Nike, ultra light-weight football jersey.

Photo by Gary Cope

Blacksburg, VA -- Virginia Tech and Nike unveiled the Hokies' new high-tech football jersey today on campus today. Redshirt senior linebacker Cody Grimm and junior quarterback Tyrod Taylor modeled the jerseys to a crowd of nearly 500 at Virginia Tech's new GLC Plaza Amphitheater.

The Nike Pro Combat uniform is a new system of dress and the lightest football uniform Nike has ever created. Virginia Tech is one of 10 elite football programs to debut the Nike Pro Combat uniform this month before they are officially introduced at the start of the 2010 season. Virginia Tech was the first team to have its jerseys unveiled.

Nike designed the Nike Pro Combat uniform to address the evolution of the game: today’s players are stronger and faster and the collisions are more violent and explosive than ever before. Nike also worked with coaches and administrators at Virginia Tech to bring inspiration to the Nike Pro Combat uniforms that the Hokies will wear on Nov. 14.

The jerseys are 37 percent lighter than Nike's previous jerseys.

Learn more about Nike's new Virginia Tech football jerseys.